Camilla invites her ex-husband to Coronation and it could be awkward for Anne
The former husband of Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be there to watch her and King Charles III crowned at Westminster Abbey next month.
Andrew Parker Bowles, who was married to Camilla for 22 years from 1972 to 1995, will be very visible at the ceremony and his grandchildren will even play a central role.
Friends of the 83-year-old said he is "a bit of a rogue" and "very naughty with women", according to a source who spoke to The Times.
Andrew also once had a brief romance with Princess Anne, but the two reportedly remain close friends.
His grandchildren Freddy, 13, and twin boys Gus and Louis, also 13, will carry the train of Camilla's robes.
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According to the newspaper, a friend of the Parker Bowles family said: "They are joined at the hip. He arranges so much for her. They have lunch together the whole time. He’s right in there. He was always, and still is, Camilla’s co-conspirator."
Andrew and Camilla were married from 1973 to 1995 (PA)Camilla's close friend the Marchioness of Lansdowne, said: "Everybody loves Andrew. He’s a real charmer but he’s always terribly misbehaving.
"Andrew will ring her up and tell her when she’s got something wrong and she’ll ring him up and say when he’s misbehaving. Through adversity, they’ve kept a really good family ethic. It helps with their children and grandchildren.”
Camilla and Andrew share two children together with food critic Tom Parker Bowles born in 1974 and art curator Laura Lopes.
The pair share two children (Getty Images)Charles and Andrew's relationship goes back several decades and they even played polo on the same team.
The retired army officer is well used to major royal events involving Charles and he was present at both of his weddings. Charles married Princess Diana in a ceremony watched by millions around the world.
He was even present at Charles and Camilla's wedding at a private ceremony at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, in 2005.
In 1953, the charismatic young teenager was involved in the coronation of the late Queen as a page.
He told the Daily Mail: "My mother was a good friend of the Duke of Norfolk. The Lord Chancellor had no children, so Bernard Norfolk suggested me to Lord Simonds. I have to say that he was the nicest man alive and gave me a very nice set of cufflinks."
Recalling a sword fight that broke out in rehearsal, Andrew said: "All of the pages had these little swords. If a group of bored small boys all have swords, you know what’s going to happen."
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